Red blood cell rouleaux formation in dextran solution: Dependence on polymer conformation

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 177-181

  Barshtein, Gregory ^a   Tamir, Ilana ^a   Yedgar, Saul ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Erythrocyte aggregation; Intercellular distance; Overlap concentration; Polymer conformation; Rouleaux

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONFORMATION; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MODEL; VELOCITY;

DEXTRANS; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 0031935733     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002490050124     Document Type: Article

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